I am a British freelance journalist specialising in long-form and feature reporting. I have reported on topics ranging from shark fishing on Congo’s Atlantic coast to the closed world of an English boarding school.
My work has appeared in The Atlantic, Financial Times Magazine, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Harper’s, Monocle, Nieman Reports, The Washington Post and others.
My first book, Clare: The Killing of a Gentle Activist, a work of narrative non-fiction, was published by Tafelberg in May 2022.
I have written, produced and directed documentaries for Al Jazeera, the BBC, Mongabay, TRAFFIC and the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. Several of these films have been screened at international festivals.
I also work as a communications consultant for NGOs and UN agencies.
For commissions or story leads, contact me at chris@cawclark.com
FEATURED REPORTING
Nieman Reports, February 2026
France’s independent press fights back
Alternative media startups see themselves as a bulwark against billionaires and the far right. Can they survive?
FT Magazine, August 2025
Back to Blundells: Inside the closed world of an English boarding school
I hadn’t visited my old school for more than 20 years. Then I heard about the attack.
Monocle, June 2024
Games Changer
As Paris rushes to complete its transformation into an Olympic city, the mayor of the island at the heart of the Village is thinking ahead
The Atlantic, December 2020
Congo’s fishermen can’t catch a break
The dwindling number of sharks in the country is threatening an entire micro-economy that relies on them.
Harper’s [Postcard], May 2019
The Wrong Side of History
Left to the tender mercies of the state, a group of veterans and their families continue to reside in a shut-down town
